Because of the existence of Lottie, the border collie, and Grizzly, the German shepherd: best friends from Sudbury, Ontario.

And they have completely shredded and melted the internet's heart to pieces.

A video posted last month of Lottie hugging her best friend Grizzly (a trick the dogs first picked up themselves, their owner told BuzzFeed Canada) has now been viewed over 23 million times and shared over half a million times.

While Lottie is a trained show dog and Grizzly is a rescue who also picks up on tricks, their owner, Taylor Duguay, says their love and affection for each other is 100% real.

Duguay, the 20-year-old from Sudbury who adopted and rescued these pups, says their "storybook" friendship was instant when they met. "Lottie and Grizzly have been inseparable since day one," she told BuzzFeed Canada. "Lottie truly believes Grizzly is her own puppy."

Duguay says Lottie began hugging Grizzly on her own on a day she was training them on another trick: "They where positioned closely beside each other, and when I asked them both to 'sit pretty,' Lottie very gently placed her paws on Grizzly. I almost died of cuteness."